[LAU] MIDI controlled slideshow?

[Gavin Stevens]

Hi Bob,

> Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:56:45 -0700
> From: Bob van der Poel <bob at mellowood.ca>
> Subject: [LAU] MIDI controlled slideshow?
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> I'm sure I'm not the first to think of this ... but I haven't found 
> anything on google, etc. Must be searching wrong?
> 
> Anyway, I was wondering if there was any software out there which
> would let me control a slideshow from a midi track? I'd like to have
> the midi going out to a synth and dedicate one channel (split out) to
> display images on my monitor.
> 
> Ideas of existing software for this??

This could be worth a read:

http://www.gimp.org/unix/howtos/gimp-midi.html

It's something I'm interested in doing myself, but haven't had the time to try it yet - I'd be interested in your thoughts on GIMP & MIDI.

Gavin.